H4287: מַחַת
Machath · pronounced makh'-ath · “Mahath”
Definition
Machath, the name of two Israelites
KJV translates it as: Mahath.
Word origin: probably from H4229 (מָחָה); erasure;
Extended definition
son of: Amasai (H6022J)
§ Mahath = "grasping"
1) a Kohathite Levite of the house of Korah
2) a Kohathite Levite in the reign of king Hezekiah
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H4287 is translated
- mahath ×3
Bible verses with H4287 (Machath)
Machath appears in 3 verses.
- 1 Chronicles 6:35
The son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai,
- 2 Chronicles 29:12
Then the Levites arose, Mahath the son of Amasai, and Joel the son of Azariah, of the sons of the Kohathites: and of the sons of Merari, Kish the son of Abdi, and Azariah the son of Jehalelel: and of the Gershonites; Joah the son of Zimmah, and Eden the son of Joah:
- 2 Chronicles 31:13
And Jehiel, and Azaziah, and Nahath, and Asahel, and Jerimoth, and Jozabad, and Eliel, and Ismachiah, and Mahath, and Benaiah, were overseers under the hand of Cononiah and Shimei his brother, at the commandment of Hezekiah the king, and Azariah the ruler of the house of God.